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Closing the Loop

"Products can be designed so that their individual components are easily retrieved at the end of their life; this can be instrumental in facilitating recycling and reuse of materials. Designing for the reuse of materials is one way of reducing the amount of material destined for landfill.

"In exhibition design waste can be greatly reduced if an exhibition is designed for disassembly. To do so successfully designers must consider disassembly from the conception stage. They should determine who will be responsible for dismantling the exhibit and separating it into its component parts. To make disassembly a realistic proposition they may also need to ‘design out’ the need for specialist tools and knowledge. "

From Sustainable Exhibit Design: Guidelines for designers for small scale interactive and traveling exhibits

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[originally published at GreenDesignWiki.com]